If I were to write a review for Hornets, there's no way I could ever back up a 2.5 or 3 by saying over and over again "I find this boring". The riffs are solid, the solos are great, the drumming is tight. It's good. I just don't like it.

What a load of shit. Taste is subjective, but that's why taste doesn't matter. Great works are considered great because they have the ability to operate on a level beyond some random insignificant individual's opinion of them.